{ $description "Creates a new " { $link assoc-heap } " where the assoc is a hashtable and the heap is a max-heap. Popping an element from the heap leaves this element in the hashtable to ensure that the element will not be processed again." } ;
{ $description "Creates a new " { $link assoc-heap } " where the assoc is a hashtable and the heap is a min-heap. Popping an element from the heap leaves this element in the hashtable to ensure that the element will not be processed again." } ;
{ $description "A data structure containing an assoc and a heap to get certain properties with better time constraints at the expense of more space and complexity. For instance, a hashtable and a heap can be combined into one assoc-heap to get a sorted data structure with O(1) lookup. Operations on assoc-heap may update both the assoc and the heap or leave them out of sync if it's advantageous." } ;
"The " { $vocab-link "assoc-heaps" } " vocabulary combines exists to synthesize data structures with better time properties than either of the two component data structures alone." $nl
